Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) - MNCH + Nutrition
About the role
Provides technical leadership and oversight of monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities for Jhpiego’s Tanzania health project, strengthening performance monitoring, data quality, results verification, health information systems, learning, and evidence-based decision-making across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Responsibilities: - Provide technical leadership and oversight of MEL for the Malaria portfolio, ensuring alignment with the project MEL framework, Malaria priorities, national strategies, and agreed milestones and results. - Lead performance monitoring across Malaria interventions, including prevention, case management, vector control, and surveillance. - Support results verification and ensure reported results are supported by credible evidence and linked to agreed milestones and performance requirements. - Analyze and interpret Malaria performance data to identify trends, bottlenecks, disparities, and emerging performance gaps. - Contribute MEL inputs to work plans, performance reports, dashboards, reviews, and donor communications. - Strengthen the collection, validation, analysis, reporting, and use of routine and surveillance data. - Oversee data quality assurance, including data validation, data quality assessments, verification, resolution of discrepancies, and documentation. - Work with government and health management structures to strengthen government-led MEL and health information systems, including DHIS2, eIDSR, and UCS. - Promote timely, complete, accurate, and integrated reporting to support performance management, early warning, outbreak detection, and emergency preparedness and response. - Support the development and implementation of the Malaria learning agenda. - Facilitate performance reviews, reflection, and learning processes to identify lessons, good practices, and opportunities for program improvement. - Supervise, mentor, and provide technical support to field-based MEL Officers. - Build the capacity of project staff and government counterparts to collect, analyze, interpret, and use MEL and surveillance data. - Support the progressive transition of MEL responsibilities to government counterparts through joint implementation, mentorship, and capacity strengthening. - Serve as the project MEL focal point for MNCH data coordination with government surveillance and health information system counterparts. - Represent the project in relevant national and subnational MEL, surveillance, and health information system technical forums. How to apply: Submit a single document that contains your cover letter, resume, and references. Apply via the Jhpiego careers page at https://www.jhpiego.org/careers or directly through the Jhpiego application portal: https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/8274/advisor%2c-monitoring%2c-evaluation-%26-learning-%28mel%29--mnch-%2bnutrition/job
Key requirements
- Technical leadership in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning for donor-funded health programs.
- Monitoring, performance management, results verification, and data quality assurance.
- Health information systems and routine surveillance platforms, including DHIS2, eIDSR, and UCS.
- Data analysis, interpretation, visualization, and use of Power BI or similar tools.
- Knowledge of malaria interventions, reporting tools, indicators, surveillance structures, and emergency preparedness.
- Capacity strengthening, mentoring, supervision, and coordination with government counterparts.
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
- Ability to support adaptive management, continuous quality improvement, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making.
- Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, Data Science, Digital Health, or a related field.